Fish Facts: Steelhead (Oncorhynchus mykiss)

The Great Lakes fishery is incredibly prolific, though it is sometimes derided as "artificial" by those in the Pacific Northwest because it is outside the steelhead's native range. photo courtesy Scott McEnaney

Anglers throughout the Pacific Northwest and the Great Lakes region have developed distinct fly-fishing cultures around fall and winter steelhead runs—some anglers dedicated to swinging wet flies, others to nymphing below an indicator, and the most “out there” group fixated on skating dry flies. Northwestern steelheaders pride themselves on their single-minded commitment to the pursuit, putting in long hours of fruitless casting and enduring. . .

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